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It Matters!

05 September 2013, 05:30 am
It Matters!

An exhibition that brings together the perspective of artists on what really matters
Curated by Seher
Works by Debnath Basu; Jayashree Chakravarty; K.P. Reji; Rajan Krishnan; Sujith S.N.; Sumedh Rajendran; Tanmoy Samanta; V. Ramesh, Waseem Ahmed; and Kishor Sharma

Opening on Wednesday, 4th September 2013 at 18:30

Meet the Author

04 September 2013, 05:30 am
Meet the Author
Programme Type
Talks

Dr. Makarand R. Paranjape
Chair: Shri Keki N. Daruwalla

Introduction: Prof. G.J.V. Prasad, Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Dr. Paranjape will read from his new novel, Body Offering (Rupa, 2013); and will engage in conversation with Devapriya Roy (author of Vague Woman's Handbook and Weight Loss Club)

Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)

04 September 2013, 05:30 am
Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)

Since its premier in Paris a century ago, through subsequent incarnations and interpretations, the ballet Rite of Spring has continued to provoke and inspire. The music by Igor Stravinsky, concept and design by Nicholas Roerich, choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky and performance by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes were controversial in multiple ways for their time

Introduction: Dr. Punita G. Singh, followed by contrastive excerpts from other productions and discussion on the musical innovations that set it apart and make it so important and remarkable

Punita Singh is a musicologist, linguist, psychoacoustician and educator based in Delhi

Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)

04 September 2013, 05:30 am
Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)
Since its premier in Paris a century ago, through subsequent incarnations and interpretations, the ballet Rite of Spring has continued to provoke and inspire. The music by Igor Stravinsky, concept and design by Nicholas Roerich, choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky and performance by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes were controversial in multiple ways for their timeIntroduction: Dr. Punita G. Singh, followed by contrastive excerpts from other productions and discussion on the musical innovations that set it apart and make it so important and remarkablePunita Singh is a musicologist, linguist, psychoacoustician and educator based in Delhi

Meet the Author

04 September 2013, 05:30 am
Meet the Author
Programme Type
Talks
Dr. Makarand R. ParanjapeChair: Shri Keki N. DaruwallaIntroduction: Prof. G.J.V. Prasad, Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityMakarand will read from his new novel, Body Offering (Rupa, 2013); and will engage in conversation with Devapriya Roy (author of Vague Woman's Handbook and Weight Loss Club)

Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)

04 September 2013, 05:30 am
Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)
Since its premier in Paris a century ago, through subsequent incarnations and interpretations, the ballet Rite of Spring has continued to provoke and inspire. The music by Igor Stravinsky, concept and design by Nicholas Roerich, choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky and performance by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes were controversial in multiple ways for their timeIntroduction: Dr. Punita G. Singh, followed by contrastive excerpts from other productions and discussion on the musical innovations that set it apart and make it so important and remarkablePunita Singh is a musicologist, linguist, psychoacoustician and educator based in Delhi

Imagined Landscape: Myth and Memory in Early Kashmir

03 September 2013, 05:30 am
Imagined Landscape: Myth and Memory in Early Kashmir
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Dr. Shonaleeka Kaul, Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, University of Delhi; and author of Imagining the Urban: Sanskrit and the City in Early India (Permanent Black, 2010)Chair: Shri A.N.D. Haksar, former Indian Ambassador and translator of Sanskrit classicsThe talk revisits Kalhana's Rajatarangini, the celebrated 12th century Sanskrit classic, a saga of the kings of Kashmir that has traditionally been understood as political history. Among the themes covered in the talk are origins of Kashmir, the nagas or tutelary deities, snow and water motifs, Buddhism, ritual, and a deeply spiritual sacred geography

Governance issues in Publc Enterprises: An Approach to Reforms

30 August 2013, 05:30 am
Governance issues in Publc Enterprises: An Approach to Reforms
Programme Type
Talks

Key Note Address - Shri S.K. Roongta, Former Chairman & Managing Director, SAIL & Chairman Experts Panel on CPSE Reforms

Chair: Shri Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission, Govt. of India

Introduction: Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary

 

G.P. and the Sri Lankan Imbroglio

13 August 2013, 05:30 am
G.P. and the Sri Lankan Imbroglio
Programme Type
Talks

Speakers; Smt Meera Shankar, formerly Deputy Secretary, MEA, dealing with Sri Lanka and former Indian Ambassador to Germany and the USA; Shri N. Ram, former Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu; and Shri N.N. Jha, former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka

Chair : Shri Shurbir Chhatwal, former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka

Architecture of Consequence

03 September 2013, 05:30 am
Architecture of Consequence

Dutch designs on the future since 1840
An exhibition of the Netherlands Architecture Institute part of the New Institute

Curators: Jules Schoonman & Alfred Marks

Opening on Monday, 2nd September 2013 at 18:30

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